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Swedish soldiers during FMÖ Väst -86, a large training exercise which was held in southern Sweden. The exercise attracted a large public gathering. Sweden 1986..

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A blind couple walking with their child in the streets of Budapest. 1984

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First photograph of the entire Earth taken by a human December 21, 1968

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78 years ago today (27.4.1945). The Finnish flag was raised on the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden, and Finland to celebrate the last German troops withdrawing from Finland and marking the end of World War 2 in Finland

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George H.W. Bush holds a young George W. Bush in New Haven 1947,April (800X1008)

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In 1959, Nils Bohlin of Volvo invented the modern V-type seat belt — and made the patent open for any auto maker to use.

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Jimmy Carter working with his sons on his peanut farm 1960(1000X750)

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Russian actor Novoselsky as ‘Elm Tree’ in Konstanin Stanislavski's production of Maurice Maeterlinck's 'The Blue Bird ' at the Moscow Arts Theatre, 1908 (1284x1538) More info, along with the rest of the equally scary costumes in the comments.

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Members of B Company, 2nd Battalion, U.S. Army 14th Infantry, move out after clearing and torching a hut during Operation Wahiawa. Xa Ba Phuoc Province, South Vietnam. 20 May 1966.

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The city centre of Rotterdam almost leveled by a carpet bombing on May 14, 1940.

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Vancouver's first lifeguard, Joe Fortes, is pictured here in 1905 at English Bay beach. Fortes is officially credited with saving 29 swimmers from drowning on his watch.

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